brewer
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Bringing down mounted tires.
I want to bring down 4 tires mounted on rims. Will I have to hide them? These will be for my beach launch vehicle already down there. Hoping I can
bring the tires down mounted, I already know you can't bring them down unmounted, as just tires.
Any thoughts?
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larryC
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As I understand the rules, mounted tires are spares for your vehicle and are allowed. YMMV. Maybe Tecate to be safe.
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chuckie
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I dont get it about unmounted tires..I drove through Tecate on Friday with 2 truck tires in plain sight in the back of my Dodge..no problem
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
I dont get it about unmounted tires..I drove through Tecate on Friday with 2 truck tires in plain sight in the back of my Dodge..no problem
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Tecate Customs hires the disinterested. 
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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I always bring three mounted tires with my boat. I tow with large diameter tires for the road and bring a spare plus two lower profile tires for
launching. Never a second look or question at either Tecate or Tijuana. They're always in plain sight, customs wants to only check boat
registration.
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I think it is a crap shoot.
brought down tires for a friend, mounted, and I was stopped at Calexico East. This guy did not want me to take them in. I told him I was driving to
Cabo and need them as spares. He stuck with NO. He was one of the new young border folks and it wasn't about money he told me that tires are not
allowed to be imported into Mexico.
He finally got so angry and tired of dealing with me, he let me go, but said to never bring in tires again.
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I take exception to the comment that Tecate hires the disinterested...The young lady at the border was very interested in the color of the couch I was
bringing in.....said it would go well in her house...
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Cross at the crossing where the high ranking guy is watching the inspectors and your tires will not be allowed if uninstalled on the vehicle or loose
tires with/without rims. Use Tecate or Algodones because the high ranking inspectors seem to avoid them.
You always find the overachievers at the busy crossings.
Its always a crap shoot when bringing banned stuff across the border when going south. Just hope for a green light.
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Mula
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What about bringing in un-mounted new Quad tires?
Anyone with experience in that arena?
I have a friend who needs new Quad tires.
I am hoping they might be allowed as they are a different animal.
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quad/motorcycle tires CAN be a problem as well.
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brewer
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I'll do my best to hide them. Go through Tecate and hope for that green light. It will be Wed. about 9 A.M.
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deception
| Quote: | Originally posted by brewer
I'll do my best to hide them. Go through Tecate and hope for that green light. It will be Wed. about 9 A.M. |
You're going to knowingly commit a possible crime in Mexico, by not declaring goods you know to be over the value at which point customs duties kicks
in? And or prohibited outright?
$75 USD exemption per passenger in the vehicle.
Used tires and rims you might skate by with, value wise...but new, you might as well break out your wallet and suffer the wrath of the customs
inspector for trying to avoid the duties and or an outright attempt to smuggle prohibited goods.
And if you KNOW these tires and rims are more than your personal exemption, or outright prohibited items for import, you might be running a dicey
encounter in the inspection lanes, if diverted there.
Four tires for one vehicles spares might be tough to ferret out with a customs official. Personally I wouldn't buy that line if I was on the line.
Towing a dual axle trailer with 4 tires/rims maybe.....a passenger car or truck? Tough call.
A receipt of some sort would help make your case, value wise, but your on thin ground for the smuggling case...if in fact tires/rims are prohibited
items for import.
Last I heard, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Especially when those regulations are readily available on the net, travel agencies, legal sites and
the word of mouth from seasoned travelers.
"Hiding the tires as best I can" implies you KNOW they are, at best, taxable and worst, prohibited.
These customs inspectors are not as dumb as some think. Taxable goods, or prohibited items, found under blankets or paper roll towels or other cargo,
jingles my bells.....and I would imagine an inspectors bells also.
Best case scenario, if you're flagged over to secondary, is you have to pay a price for the duties, if any.....worst case, you pay, forfeit the tires
and get locked up with "esposas" and carted off to the local lockup for attempted import of prohibited goods.
IMO, you will be running a very real risk of getting more than you bargained for.
I would suggest, as a frequent border crosser myself, you enter the "to declare" line and present your receipts, as to value, and hope for the best
regarding the prohibited items.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaliDali
| Quote: | Originally posted by brewer
I'll do my best to hide them. Go through Tecate and hope for that green light. It will be Wed. about 9 A.M. |
You're going to knowingly commit a possible crime in Mexico, by not declaring goods you know to be over the value at which point customs duties kicks
in? And or prohibited outright?
$75 USD exemption per passenger in the vehicle.
Used tires and rims you might skate by with, value wise...but new, you might as well break out your wallet and suffer the wrath of the customs
inspector for trying to avoid the duties and or an outright attempt to smuggle prohibited goods.
And if you KNOW these tires and rims are more than your personal exemption, or outright prohibited items for import, you might be running a dicey
encounter in the inspection lanes, if diverted there.
Four tires for one vehicles spares might be tough to ferret out with a customs official. Personally I wouldn't buy that line if I was on the line.
Towing a dual axle trailer with 4 tires/rims maybe.....a passenger car or truck? Tough call.
A receipt of some sort would help make your case, value wise, but your on thin ground for the smuggling case...if in fact tires/rims are prohibited
items for import.
Last I heard, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Especially when those regulations are readily available on the net, travel agencies, legal sites and
the word of mouth from seasoned travelers.
"Hiding the tires as best I can" implies you KNOW they are, at best, taxable and worst, prohibited.
These customs inspectors are not as dumb as some think. Taxable goods, or prohibited items, found under blankets or paper roll towels or other cargo,
jingles my bells.....and I would imagine an inspectors bells also.
Best case scenario, if you're flagged over to secondary, is you have to pay a price for the duties, if any.....worst case, you pay, forfeit the tires
and get locked up with "esposas" and carted off to the local lockup for attempted import of prohibited goods.
IMO, you will be running a very real risk of getting more than you bargained for.
I would suggest, as a frequent border crosser myself, you enter the "to declare" line and present your receipts, as to value, and hope for the best
regarding the prohibited items. |
you silly rabbit! laws only apply to other people, not me! besides, it's mexico, and everyone knows that means obeying laws is optional!
peace, love and fish tacos! and smuggling too!
peace out!
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Funny how the mind works  Saw the title for the thread and thought it was how to
get the tires off the big cactus?
[Edited on 11-2-2013 by acadist]
Dave
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Mula
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We are getting our tires down here now.
I just put 4 new Starfire 235/85R16's on my truck last week.
It was 8,750 pesos for 4 tires at the FrenoMex on Rio Cervantes in Ciudad Constitucion - mounted and balanced.
I was quotes just under 12,000 pesos for the same tire in Loreto, but no matter.
By the time I get tires in the states, worry about hauling them down here and taking up space in the truck, I just bite the bullet and get them here.
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